Colourful paper cranes folded neatly over words of prayer. Bowls of floating candles melting together as one. A smudging ceremony rich with prayer that took five times as long as... Read More
News & Stories
Following in the footsteps of Reginald Bibby, sociologist Joel Thiessen examines how Canadians of today view Christianity. In his book The Meaning of Sunday, he concludes that... Read More
May 18, 2016 | Artbeat | Barb Draper
Melanie Kampen manages her anxiety with medication, counselling and exercise (Photo by Aaron Epp)
What is it like being a young adult journeying with mental illness? Canadian Mennonite spoke with three people from Mennonite Church Canada congregations to find out. Melanie... Read More
May 18, 2016 | Young Voices | Aaron Epp
From the time you are 15 or 16 to the time you are 26 or 28, your brain undergoes rapid cognitive changes. “It’s the busiest time [of brain development] since early childhood, and... Read More
May 18, 2016 | Young Voices |
We’re already implementing creation care practices. Let’s share what we’re doing. That’s the message behind “Caring for God’s Good Creation,” a seminar to take place on July 10,... Read More
May 17, 2016 | Web First | Deborah Froese
Bradley Kauffman of Cincinnati, Ohio, has been named project director for the new song collection for Mennonite Church Canada (MC Canada) and Mennonite Church USA (MC USA). The... Read More
May 17, 2016 | Web First |
In his valedictory address at Canadian Mennonite University’s (CMU) graduation service at Immanuel Pentecostal Church on April 24, 2016, Jonas Cornelsen tackled head on the... Read More
May 17, 2016 | Web First |
The first-ever Camps with Meaning (CWM) Song-a-thon went for eight hours, featuring 14 musical acts. Held at Canadian Mennonite University on April 16, 2016, the event raised $20,... Read More
May 17, 2016 | Web First | Darryl Neustaedter Barg
“I have a new appreciation for the phrase, ‘spreads like wildfire,’” says Patrick Drapeau. He and his wife, Rachel, live in Fort McMurray, the Alberta community that has faced... Read More
May 10, 2016 | Web First | Donita Wiebe-Neufeld
For an hour each week we sit together. Most of us are mostly silent. Sometimes we listen, sometimes we sing, sometimes we wander off in thought. Sometimes I wonder what other... Read More
May 4, 2016 | God at work in the Church | Will Braun
The Naked Anabaptist , by British author Stuart Murray, summarizes the foundational tenets of Anabaptism, but “I have a feeling it wouldn’t have sold quite as well with a... Read More
May 4, 2016 | God at work in the Church |
Henry Krause, pastor of Langley (B.C.) Mennonite Fellowship, was elected chair of the Canadian Mennonite Publishing Service (CMPS) board at its 45th annual meeting, held at... Read More
May 4, 2016 | God at work in the Church |
The number of people in the vessels may have been smaller this year, but it didn’t seem to matter in the end for the total earned at the 2016 Camp Squeah paddle-a-thon When the... Read More
May 4, 2016 | God at work in the Church | Amy Rinner Waddell
“Don’t get too used to this kind of event,” said Rick Cober Bauman, executive director of Mennonite Central Committee (MCC) Ontario, to gales of warm laughter as he welcomed... Read More
May 4, 2016 | God at work in the World |
A farmer disappointed by tumbling returns on his cassava crop is still eager to use a portion of his property for a future youth Bible camp facility. Another man is excited to... Read More
May 4, 2016 | God at work in the World | Deborah Froese
When missionaries arrived in Colombia to establish the country’s first Mennonite congregations, Tulio Pedraza and his wife Sofía became two of their first converts. They were... Read More
May 4, 2016 | God at work in Us |
Johnny Wideman co-wrote Yellow Bellies with his fellow Theatre of the Beat member, Rebecca Steiner. (Photo courtesy of Johnny Wideman)
After exploring lesbian/gay/bisexual/transgender/queer inclusion in the Mennonite church in This Will Lead to Dancing , the Stouffville, Ont.-based theatre company Theatre of the... Read More
May 4, 2016 | Young Voices | Aaron Epp
The following article was originally given as a short speech at a community supper at Conrad Grebel University College, Waterloo, Ont., where Maia Fujimoto lived in residence for... Read More
May 4, 2016 | Young Voices | Maia Fujimoto
Photo by Dave Rogalsky
Building of a light-rail transit system along the spine of Waterloo and Kitchener had to change focus in March 2016, when excavations in uptown Waterloo exposed the remains of a... Read More
May 4, 2016 | Back Page | Dave Rogalsky
Calling themselves the Basket Cases, a small group of women meets monthly for a fibre arts challenge at The Clothes Basket, a Mennonite Central Committee thrift store in Rosthern... Read More
May 3, 2016 | Web First |
Marianne Jantzi is the author of Simple Pleasures: Stories from My Life as an Amish Mother , which has just been released by Herald Press as part of its Plainspoken series by... Read More
May 3, 2016 | Web First |
Sergey Deynekin has dreams for the Chernobaevka Church in southern Ukraine. A bi-vocational pastor who works in the building trade, he developed architectural plans for a future... Read More
May 3, 2016 | Web First | Deborah Froese
The board of governors of Conrad Grebel University College announced that president Susan Schultz Huxman has accepted the call to become the president of Eastern Mennonite... Read More
May 3, 2016 | Web First |
Mennonites are responding to the recent earthquakes in Ecuador, where members of multiple Mennonite congregations are among 100,000 people affected by the disaster. A 7.8-... Read More
April 25, 2016 | Web First |
